Title:
Technology in Business: A Preliminary Study of New Concept on Technopreneurship
in Malaysia
Abstract: Government of Malaysia has a come up with a new
policies under the Ministry of Entrepreneurship Development and Cooperation
(MEDC) which urges and encourages people especially students on the need
to create jobs and not to expect secure employment with government or private
companies. This is due to increases in the number of unemployed people which
is becoming more serious among graduates. Most of them are educated people
with exposure to ICT skills. Thus, government had provided many short courses
to explore the use of ICT skills involvement in entrepreneurship. Hence,
a concept of technopreneurship was introduced to encourage those unemployed
to involve in this business which can generate incomes. A new economy has
emerged, in which knowledge is the most important element, forcing players
in business to change into new paradigms and to take advantage of powerful
information tools. The introduction of ICT subject in school and implementation
of ICT in university subjects had enables graduates to acquire more added
value to their knowledge. They can exploit networks using Internet technologies,
intranets and extranets. This paper attempts to explore a new concept of
technopreneurship in business which is combination of current technology
and entrepreneurship. This paper will also discuss the specific context and
try to propose a conceptual idea which can be implemented in Malaysia.
Authors: Azizan
Azit, Muhammad Najib Razali, and David Martin